Maurie Fa’asavalu likely to miss rest of World Cup

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Maurie Fa’asavalu, the England forward, is almost certainly out of the World Cup with a suspected broken hand sustained in the 52-4 hammering by Australia on Sunday. It leaves just three specialist props in Jamie Peacock, the captain, James Graham and

Adrian Morley, and Tony Smith, the coach, almost certainly having to push Jamie Jones-Buchanan, the Leeds Rhinos back rower, into the front row for Saturday’s game against New Zealand here.

Scans of Fa’asavalu’s injury have been sent to a specialist in Britain. “We feel there is a fracture in one of his fingers. Sometimes if they’re not displaced, they